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PUBLIC 
HEALTH LAWS 



OF ILLINOIS U^M.^^-WhTtes r 



RELATING TO 



Lodging Houses, Boarding Houses, 
Taverns, Inns and Hotels 



AND 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



Illinois Department of Public Health 



FOR THEIR 



SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION 



[Printed by authority of the State of Illinois.] 



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ScHNEPP & Barnes, State Printers 

Sprtngfiblp, Ili.. 

1918. 

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
RECEIVED 

APR 1 3 1925 

DOCUMENTS DIVISION 



ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 



Certain sections of the State Board of Health Act confer express 
authority upon the State Board of Health to supervise and inspect 
all lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, in cities 
of 100,000 inhabitants or more. 

The powers and duties of the State Board of Health are now- 
exercised and performed by the Department of Public Health in 
accordance with the provisions of the Civil Administrative Code, in 
force July 1, 1917. 

"AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A BOARD OF 
HEALTH IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS." APPROVED MAY 
28, 1877, IN FORCE JULY 1, 1877, AS AMENDED BY ACT 
APPROVED MAY 10, 1901, IN FORCE JULY 1, 1901. 

Powers and Authority of the Board. Sec. 2. 

The State Board of Health shall have the general supervision of 
the interests of the health and life of the citizens of the State. They 
shall have charge of all matters pertaining to quarantine, and shall 
have authority to make such rules and regulations and such sanitary 
investigations as they may from time to time deem necessary for the 
preservation or improvement of public health; and it shall be the duty 
of all police officers, sheriils, constables, and all other officers and 
employees of the State, to enforce such rules and regulations, so far 
as the efficiency and success of the board may depend upon their 
official cooperation. 

Lodging Houses, Hotels, etc. — State Board to Have Supervision 
OF — Inspection — Penalty for Orstructing Inspection. 

Sec. 15. 

The State Board of Health shall have supervision of all lodging 
houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns, and hotels in cities of one 
hundred thousand inhabitants or more, as hereinafter provided. They 
shall fromi time to time inspect, or cause to be inspected, all such 
lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels to see that 
the provisions of this Act are duly and properly observed by the 
landlords, proprietors, keepers, managers and clerks of such lodging 
houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, and any landlord, 
proprietor, keeper, manager, clerk, employee or other person connected 
with any such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, 
who shall interfere with or obstruct any such inspection, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
not exceeding $100. 



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Sleeping Rooms — Size — Passageway Between Beds — Arrange- 
ment OF Beds — Penalty for Violations. Sec. 16. 

It shall be unlawful for any landlord, proprietor, keeper, man- 
ager, or clerk of any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel, to permit any room in such lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel, to be used or occupied for sleeping purposes 
which does not contain four hundred (400) cubic feet or more of air 
space for each person sleeping therein at the same time; and in every 
room in any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, con- 
taining more than one bed, the beds shall be so arranged as to leave 
a passageway of not less than two feet horizontally on all sides of 
each bed; and all beds shall be so arranged that under each of them 
the air shall freely circulate, and there be adequate ventilation. 

Any landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager, clerk, employee or 
other person connected with any lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel, violating any of the provisions of this section, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be pun- 
ished by a fine not exceeding $100 nor less than $25. 

Lodging House and Hotel Record — Contents of — Open for 
Inspection — Penalty. Sec. 17. 
The landlord, proprietor, keeper, manager or clerk, of every such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, shall keep in the 
office or other public place therein, a register, in which shall be entered 
the name and residence of every person who becomes a lodger, boarder 
or guest in said lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, 
and such register shall also show the number of the room or bed 
occupied by such person, and shall show the date of his arrival, and 
the period for which he engaged board or lodging. Such register 
shall always be accessible, without charge, to any officer or duly 
authorized agent of said State Board of Health. Any landlord, pro- 
prietor, keeper, manager or clerk of such lodging house, boarding 
house, tavern, inn or hotel violating any of the provisions of this 
section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable 
to a penalty of not less than $25, and not to exceed $100. 

Landlords, etc., to File Annual Statement With County Clerk 
— Contents — Blanks Furnished by State Board of 
Health — Penalty. Sec. 18. 
Within thirty days from the date upon which this Act shall take 
effect, and upon the first day of March of each succeeding year, the 
landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of every such lodging house, 
boarding house, tavern, inn. or hotel, shall file with the county clerk 
of the county in which such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, 
inn or hotel is located, a written statement, sworn to by him ; which 
statement shall contain the name of the person making the statement; 
whether such person is the landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of 
such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel; the location 
of such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, according 
to the city, street and number ; the period of time during which such 
person has been the landlord, proprietor, keeper, or manager of such 



lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel; the period of 
time during which such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or 
hotel has been continuously operated as such; the number of guests 
or persons then stopping in said lodging house, boarding house, tavern, 
inn or hotel, the greatest number of persons who stopped in said 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, upon any day 
within the thirty days immediately preceding the date of such sworn 
statement, the smallest number of persons upon any day within said 
period of thirty days ; the total number of rooms contained in such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel; the number of 
sleeping rooms contained in such lodging house, boarding house, 
tavern, inn or hotel; the length and breadth of the building in which 
such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel is located; 
the number of stories comprised in such building; the number of 
stories, and parts of stories, in such building occupied by such lodging 
house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel ; the complete dimensions, 
in feet, respectively, of the smallest and largest sleeping room con- 
tained in such lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, 
and the number of beds contained in said largest sleeping room. Such 
statement shall be made upon blanks furnished to the county clerk 
by the State Board of Health for that purpose. 

Any landlord, proprietor, keeper or manager of any lodging 
house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, who fails or refuses to 
make and file, within and at the time herein mentioned, the statement 
required by this section to be made shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
$25 nor more than $100. 

Section 2 of the above Act confers extensive powers and import- 
ant rights upon the Department of Public Health in the discharge of 
its duties. The Department of Public Health has the authority to 
make any and all rules it may deem necessary to enable the Depart- 
ment to enforce the provisions of the State Board of Health Act. 
Such rules and regulations, when promulgated, have the force and 
authority of law, and are to be enforced, if necessary, by the entire 
power of the State. 

Additional information will be given to all who call at the ofifice 
of the Division of Lodging House and Hotel Inspection in the Depart- 
ment of Public Health, at 130 North Wells Street, Room 1101, 
southwest corner of Wells and Randolph Streets, Chicago, Illinois, 
Telephone Franklin 4581. 
By order of 

C. St. Clair Drake, M. D., Director. 

Department of Public Health. 
William W. McCulloch, 

Superintendent of Lodging House Inspection. 



ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF 
LODGING HOUSES . BOARDING HOUSES, TAV- 
ERNS. INNS, AND HOTELS. 

[Adopted July 1, 1917.] 

1. Inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns, 
and hotels, as provided by these rules and regulations, applies at the 
present time, only to the city of Chicago. 

2. There shall be appointed by the Director of Public Health 
one or more inspectors ,to whom commissions shall be issued and 
signed by the Director of Public Health, and bearing the seal of the 
Department of Public Health. The Superintendent of Lodging House 
Inspection and Inspectors shall be provided with appropriate metal 
badges of authority, numbered consecutively, beginning with number 
one, to be in the form of a star, with the words "Superintendent Illi- 
nois Department Public Health," and "Inspector Illinois Department 
Public Health" thereon. There shall also be appointed by the Director 
of Public Health a registrar, who, in addition to the duties which 
may hereafter be required of him. shall also keep the records and 
assist the Superintendent of Lodging House Inspection in the per- 
formance of his duties. In case of absence from the State or dis- 
ability of the Superintendent, the registrar shall act as Superintendent. 
The inspectors shall perform whatever duties may be required of 
them by the Superintendent of Lodging House Inspection. 

The Superintendent of Lodging House Inspection shall secure 
a proper room or rooms, for an office in the city of Chicago, from 
which the inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns 
and hotels in that city, shall be conducted. 

3. The Superintendent shall have general supervision and direc- 
tion of the inspection of lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, 
inns and hotels. It shall be his duty to procure and constantly retain 
at his office a complete and accurate list or report of the lodging 
houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, in the city of Chi- 
cago, together with the names of their landlords, proprietors, keepers, 
managers and clerks ; there shall also be secured by the Superin- 
tendent, and kept by him, a complete description of all such lodging 
houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, showing the 
dimensions of the building, and of each room therein, and the number 
of persons for whom there are sleeping accommodations in each 
room. 

4. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent and inspectors to 
thoroughly investigate all lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, 



inns and hotels in the city of Chicago, at regular intervals, and ascer- 
tain whether the management of such lodging houses, boarding houses, 
taverns, inns and hotels, fully comply with the State laws and city 
ordinances relating to lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns 
and hotels. It shall also be the duty of such inspectors to report to 
the Superintendent all insanitary conditions found in or about any 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, providing such 
conditions are not immediately corrected by the management of such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel. 

5. The Superintendent, registrar and inspectors are authorized to 
visit any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel in the 
city of Chicago in the performance of their duties at any time, day 
or night, and the person in charge of such lodging house, boarding 
house, tavern, inn or hotel, when questioned, shall give full and cor- 
rect information to the Superintendent, registrar or inspector con- 
cerning compliance by the management of such lodging house, 
boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel with the laws of the State relat- 
ing to lodging houses,, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, and 
the Superintendent, registrar or inspector, upon making demand of 
the person in charge, shall be permitted to enter any room in such 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel, for the purpose 
of ascertaining whether the provisions of the law are being complied 
with therein or not. And if met with resistance or threats in the 
performance of such duties, the Superintendent, registrar or inspector 
shall call upon the police or sheriff for assistance, and the police or 
sheriff are hereby ordered to immediately comply with any such 
request of the Superintendent, registrar or inspector whenever made. 

6. Whenever an inspector finds that the management of any 
lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel has violated the 
State law or the city ordinance relating to lodging houses, boarding 
houses, taverns, inns or hotels, he shall immediately report such 
violation of the law to the Superintendent, whose duty it shall be to 
cause the swearing out of a complaint, without delay, against the 
offender, before a coin^t of competent jurisdiction, and cause the same 
to be prosecuted with vigor. 

T. The inspectors shall cause copies of all sworn statements of 
lodging houses, boarding houses, taverns, inns and hotels, to be sub- 
mitted to the Superintendent immediately upon their being filed with 
the County Clerk, and if any sworn statement, in the opinion of the 
Superintendent, does not comply with the law and regulations of the 
Department of Public Health, or if any landlord, proprietor, keeper 
or manager of any lodging house, boarding house, tavern, inn or hotel 
fails to file such sworn statement within the time prescribed by law, 
or files a false sworn statement, such offender shall be immediately 
prosecuted in accordance with the law. 

Published by order of 

C. St. Clair Drake, M. D., 

Director of Public Health, 
William W. McCulloch, 

Superintendent of Lodging House Inspection. 



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